"A feature of the city which I must mention at some place in this account is the architecture of Gaudi. This I naturally found altogether extraordinary, and at one time or another I must have seen every building of his still then existing in the Catalonian capital...At that time Gaudi was little - known outside Spain, though nowadays universally recognized as one of the great pioneers of modern architecture, and his buildings, particularly the Cathedral of the Holy Family, and also the fantastic rambling park in the hilly suburbs of Barcelona, made a great impact on my imagination."
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David Gascoyne, Journal 1936-1937. London Enitharmon Press (1980). Quoted in The Spanish Front: Writers on the Civil War (1986), edited by Valentine Cunningham
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